Name: Sesame Sauce (Goma-Dare)
Yield: Makes about 3 cups
Ingredients: ½ cup dark Japanese soy sauce; ½ cup white sesame seeds; ¼ teaspoon dark sesame oil; 2 teaspoons sugar; 3 tablespoons mirin

Preparation info

Makes about
3 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Splendid Soups

By James Peterson

Published 2000

About

Sesame sauce is best made the same day it is used, but it will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

½ cup white sesame seeds
½ cup dark Japanese soy sauce
3 tablesp

Method

Lightly toast the sesame seeds in an iron skillet over medium heat, stirring them constantly so they brown evenly. As soon as they’re lightly browned, pour them out into a bowl.

Grind the sesame seeds for 1 minute in a coffee grinder, food processor, or blender or use a mortar and pestle or a Japanese grinding bowl called a suribachi.

Combine the ground sesame seeds with

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